For carbon copy paper, of course. Inkjets don’t work for that.

https://youtu.be/KpBLP75ZGpk

Finally, TV worth watching.

While this is slop, there is a similar product with this name

Here’s a review of the product on the well-regarded site, The Big Gay Review:

https://thebiggayreview.com/drilldo-spiral-collection/

Not to be confused with The Gay 90s Revue

This is going to keep getting worse. Laws to protect us are a long ways off, I expect. Regardless, we know cops don’t care much about laws.

We’re just going to need to be careful where we use our phones and what we use them for.

At around 84, my dad caused a small fender-bender, that’s when my sister told him he had to stop driving. He couldn’t turn his head to see behind him. That sucked for my sister, because it fell on her to get him out of the house for grocery shopping, etc. She was the only one who still lived in the same state. He ended up in an assisted living home for the last two years of his life with dementia.

Public transportation is great, but they don’t go into the suburbs. I suppose Uber and Lyft are the solution there, but my dad had no idea how to do that, he didn’t own a cell phone.

Capitalism has been fucking us hard for over 100 years, the offenses keep piling up, and only now are people starting to realize how bad it’s gotten.

A better article with more details:

G7 announces oil reserve release, as Trump hails Europe diesel deal

Macron says G7 will release 100 million barrels over four months; diesel release to be ‘frontloaded’

In 2025, distillate (or diesel) fuel consumption (excluding biodiesel and renewable diesel) by the U.S. transportation sector was about 2.94 million barrels per day.

The U.S. alone uses 3 million barrels per day, 100 million barrels would last about a month. These barrels are not being released to the U.S. directly. It’s going to help a little, but not much, and not for long.

My understanding is no country stocks significant reserves compared to what is used each day, because oil sitting in storage costs money instead of making profits. Instead, we produce what is used and can be sold as soon as possible. Essentially, Just In Time for the energy sector, like every other manufacturer. So, this isn’t a real solution, it’s just Trump trying to earn brownie points before the election.

Chocolate is fine, but I’d add a layer of cinnamon powder in the middle. I like cinnamon and chocolate together.

Three different Wikipedia sources:

Tiramisu is an Italian dessert of ladyfingers, coffee, mascarpone, eggs and cocoa.

[Ladyfingers] are low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuits roughly shaped like large fingers

Mascarpone is a soft Italian dairy product obtained by acid-heat coagulation of cream.

I could eat that anywhere.

Swimming.

Swimming two lengths of the pool was a requirement for graduating high school. They got me a college student tutor. I tried and tried and never got good enough to pass. They let me slide, I suppose because they could see I was trying.

Sportzing generally has never been my thing. I learned to ride a bicycle without a problem, and I can throw and catch a frisbee. That’s about it.

Slippery/sliding/rolling things underfoot.

I wanted to learn how to skateboard when I was a kid. I tried for several weeks, with a friend trying to teach me. I got tired of hurting myself, and gave up.

I know people don’t “grasp it easily”, but most people eventually get the hang of it, and it doesn’t seem to take them long.

Over the years I’ve tried roller skates, ice skates, and skiing. And, failed at all of them.

Twenty minutes to download a 1MB image.

Yes, really. 9600 baud modem.

ASCII art was popular then, and before: https://www.asciiart.eu/

The list is long and varied.

Can’t afford: New floors and AC in my house (~$20K)

Can’t justify: a XGIMI Aura 3 Max 4K 120Hz UST Projector ($2K)

Can’t afford: A camper van (~$60K)

Can’t justify: A new PC (~$3500)

One thing I did justify recently was $2K on a new bed. My old bed was over 20 years old.

Sex as a topic is not the same as sexuality

So much willful ignorance around this by people who just want to virtue signal to their peers.

Mitigations:

1. Use a range hood that vents outside, every time
   This is the single biggest lever. A range hood vented to the outdoors at high fan speed captures 80–90% of NO₂ before it disperses into the rest of the home. Run it before you start the burner, leave it on the entire time you’re cooking, and run it for 5–10 minutes after you finish.
   If your “range hood” recirculates (charcoal filter, no exterior duct), it does nothing meaningful for NO₂. Many over-the-range microwaves are recirculating-only — check the back of yours. Replacement with a true vented hood is the highest-value indoor-air upgrade most kitchens can make. [Editor’s note: replacing with an outdoor vent is expensive to very expensive, depending on where in the house the vent needs to be. Better to learn this when choosing a house to buy, local laws do not always require outdoor vented hoods over gas stoves.]

2. Open windows during and after cooking
   If you don’t have a vented hood, the next-best move is cross-ventilation: open a window in the kitchen and another window or door across the home to drive airflow. This is less effective than a range hood (slower exchange) but still drops NO₂ by 50%+ during cooking compared to closed-house operation.

Powered doesn’t mean the vent exits outside.

Vents that vent to the outside over gas hoods need to be required by law, otherwise, it may, or may not.

When I bought my house, I’d never seen a range vent that didn’t vent to the outside, so I didn’t know such things existed. I didn’t check, and mine doesn’t. It’d be at least $8K to have a hole cut in my roof for the vent to run to the outside.

For which I shall gladly pay you on Tuesday.

Clearly, the one, right choice.

Top marks.

Some of the opposite for me.

I thought I would be lonely. I am mostly alone now, but don’t feel lonely.

I expected to have worse back pain, but since my 40’s it’s gotten better, and I almost never have back pain now.

Two cups of caffeinated coffee a day reduces the risk of dementia: https://youtu.be/gy0FW6xj21o

I have two cups of caffeinated in the morning, and then switch to decaf the rest of the day. Maybe that would work for you.